Work & commute · Skidmore

Work & commute in Skidmore, MO

Most working residents leave Skidmore for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Maryville (35%), St. Joseph (13%) and Polk (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Skidmore residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skidmore.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skidmore goes to work

Maryville11.7 mi away

35%36

St. Joseph39 mi away

13%13

Polk12.2 mi away

7%7

Kansas City85.1 mi away

4%4

Clarinda, IA31.2 mi away

3%3

Mound City13.3 mi away

3%3

Bedford, IA32.4 mi away

2%2

Overland Park, KS98.8 mi away

2%2

Ravenwood21.9 mi away

2%2

Gladstone79.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%30

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Skidmore commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

23%

19%

4%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skidmore is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Skidmore are

38 jobs are based in Skidmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skidmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Skidmore

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Skidmore residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+443%

Jobs based in Skidmore, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 38. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.